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Arabia Felix. Felix is a mistranslation by Ptolemy of Yemen, which means to the “right”—i.e. of Mecca. (See Stony Arabia.)
“Beautiful are the maids that glide
On summer-eves through Yemen’s dales.”
Thomas Moore: Fire-Worshippers.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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